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Local Electoral Act 2001

Conduct of elections and polls - Candidacy

58A: Prohibition on candidacy for community board

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"You can't run for a community board if you're already on the local council."

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You cannot be a candidate for a community board if you are already a member of a territorial authority in the same area. If there is a general election for the territorial authority at the same time as the community board election, this rule does not apply to you. This rule is part of the Local Electoral Act 2001, which was amended by the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2002.

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Part 3Conduct of elections and polls
Candidacy

58AProhibition on candidacy for community board

  1. No member of a territorial authority may be a candidate for election as a member of a community board that is constituted in respect of part of the district of the territorial authority.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply if a general election of members of the territorial authority is to be held at the same time as a general election of members of the community board.

Notes
  • Section 58A: inserted, on , by section 22 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 85).